1995 Dartmouth Big Green football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1995
| team = Dartmouth Big Green
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 7–2–1
| conf_record = 4–2–1
| champion =
| head_coach = John Lyons
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach = Roger Hughes
| oc_year = 4th
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| captain = Taran Lent
| captain2 = Peter Oberle
| stadium = Memorial Field
}}
{{1995 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1995 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished fourth in the Ivy League.
In their fourth season under head coach John Lyons, the Big Green compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents 221 to 137. Taran Lent and Peter Oberle were the team captains.{{cite web|title=Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99 |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/fb-season-by-season-1940-99.aspx?id=944 |publisher=Dartmouth College |location=Hanover, N.H. |access-date=July 3, 2020}}
The Big Green's 4–2–1 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 102.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|page=36}}
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
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| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| September 16 | @ | #17 Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | L 12 20
| 12,511 | {{cite news |title=Quakers Find Their Form, Down Dartmouth, 20-12 |first=Joe |last=Juliano |date=September 17, 1995 |page=C16 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59059064/1995-dartmouth-penn/ }}
| September 23 | @ | Fordham
| Coffey Field | Bronx, NY | W 34 14
| 5,311 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Defeats Fordham |date=September 24, 1995 |page=S5 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| September 30 | | Cornell
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 19 24
| 8,030 | {{cite news |title=Fourth-Down Toughness Lifts Red |first=Dennis |last=Read |date=October 2, 1995 |page=1B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59062974/1995-cornell-dartmouth/ }}
| October 7 | | Lafayette
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 14 7
| 3,108 | {{cite news |title=Lafayette Fails to Capitalize in 14-7 Loss at Dartmouth |first=Paul |last=Robbins |date=October 8, 1995 |page=C4 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59064093/1995-dartmouth-lafayette/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, 14-7 |date=October 8, 1995 |page=67 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| October 14 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | W 22 7
| 14,729 | {{cite news |title=Yale Lacking Rhythm in Loss to Dartmouth |first=Bruce |last=Berlet |date=October 15, 1995 |pages=E9, E10 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59064599/1995-dartmouth-yale/ }}
| October 21 | | Colgate
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 35 14
| 6,021 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, Middlebury Triumph |agency=Associated Press |date=October 22, 1995 |at=sect. B, p. 5 |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59066399/1995-colgate-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, 35-14 |date=October 22, 1995 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| October 28 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 23 7
| 7,830 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Unable to Turn Over New Leaf |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 29, 1995 |page=80 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59066939/1995-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
| November 4 | @ | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 43 27
| 5,780 | {{cite news |title=Columbia Rallies Big, but Loses 2d Straight |agency=Associated Press |date=November 5, 1995 |page=65 |edition=4 star final |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59068700/1995-columbia-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Ivy Summaries |date=November 5, 1995 |page=103 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| November 11 | | Brown
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 10 7
| 4,711 | {{cite news |title=Big Green Sets Stage for Potential 4-Way Ivy Finish |first=Tom |last=Haley |date=November 12, 1995 |at=sect. B, p. 3 |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59069052/1995-brown-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, 10-7 |date=November 12, 1995 |page=102 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| November 18 | | Princeton
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | T 10 10
| 7,118 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Tie Up Title; Deadlock with Dartmouth Gives Princeton Ivy Crown |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 19, 1995 |page=B5 |newspaper=The Home News & Tribune |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59069643/1995-dartmouth-princeton/ }}
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